Cattleya Pornthip 'Jac' & Blc Alma Kee

This is a discussion on Cattleya Pornthip 'Jac' & Blc Alma Kee within the Cattleyas, Vandas, Dendrobiums IN BLOOM forums, part of the Orchid Photography category; These 2 cattelyas were the only 2 among 6 others that survived the rains long ...

Cattleya Pornthip 'Jac' & Blc Alma Kee

These 2 cattelyas were the only 2 among 6 others that survived the rains long enough to have their pictures taken. C Pornthip is not much known outside Thailand and neighbouring countries - the flowers are big, about 6 inches across. Blc Alma Kee usually blooms with 2 - 3 flowers but this time the second bud was damaged by the rains.

Those are both beautiful cattleyas! Blc Alma Kee 'Tipmalee' was my favorite yellow catt for several years until it developed a virus due to my careless use contaminated shears. I plan to buy another one. Your's are obviously well grown.

Thanks everyone. Yes, I like Alma Kee 'Tipmalee' too. I have other yellows with red lips but the yellow on Alma Kee is the most pleasant, and though I have various clones of Blc Chunyeh, the nearest to the pleasing yellow of Alma Kee is Blc Chunyeh 'Tsen Wen'.

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